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ID4me is an internet service that enables its users to log in to many different internet services with one account. This is also known as "single sign on".

Unlike existing global single sign on solutions like the ones from Google or Facebook, ID4me does not track and analyze the internet surfing habits of its users. ID4me will make sure that the surfing habits stay secret.

Also, ID4me does not belong to an enterprise. It is an open standard that is maintained by a nonprofit organization. Anyone who wants to can participate. This way the users can chose freely between different ID4me providers and can also change the provider anytime.

Toshiba's camera modules are the first to have been demonstrated in action by a major manufacturer, and the company hopes they will be ready to slot onto Ara in 2016. The company also says it's working on a 2MP front camera module for Ara.

Project Ara will allow users to swap out every significant component on their Ara smartphone - including the processor, port locations and camera.

The video below shows Toshiba's camera modules working on a giant chipset, transmitting the data they capture to a computer screen. Click the video to see the modules in action.

Around 100 Project Ara modules are set to be unveiled at MWC 2015, all of which have been made by Yezz - a little-known US-based smartphone manufacturer that mainly operates in Latin-American markets. AndroidPIT will be at MWC and we'll be aiming to get our hands on these curious little components when we're there.

Looking at that giant board on which Toshiba's testing its Ara modules, it makes us fantasize about the possibility of a Project Ara tablet one day, with even more interchangeable components. First though, the smaller version needs to capture the world's imagination. Do you think it'll succeed?

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